Octavia Bright

Bio

Octavia Bright is a writer and broadcaster. She presents programmes for BBC R4 including World Book Café and Open Book, and hosts literary events for bookshops, publishers, and festivals—such as Cheltenham Literature Festival and events for The Southbank Centre. She also co-hosted Literary Friction, the literary podcast and NTS Radio show, with Carrie Plitt. Her writing has been published in many places, including The Guardian, The Sunday Times, The White Review, ELLE, Stylist, Somesuch Stories and Harper’s Bazaar. She has a PhD from UCL where she wrote about hysteria and desire in Spanish cinema. Her first book, This Ragged Grace, is published by Canongate and out in paperback now.